Cook-stove



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W. L. MCDOWELL.

' COOK STOVE.

N0. 478,807. 7 Patented Jilly 12, 1892.

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000K STOVE.

Patented July 12, 1892.

flue-strips thereof.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. MCDOWVELL, OF LOWER MERION, PENNSYLVANIA.

COOK-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 478,807, dated July12, 1892. Application filed February 23, 1892. Serial No. 422,389. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. MoDoWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lower Merion, county of State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvementin Cook- Stoves, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of improvementsin the construction of acook-stove, whereby certam parts within the same may be displaced in amost convenient manner without loosening the rods or removing the stoveor taking it off of its feet.

Figure 1 represents a top view of a cookstove embodying my invention,the collarplate being shown separated and other plates removed, showingthe interior of the stove. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of aportion thereof on line a: at, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 represent sideelevations of portions of the Figs. 5 and 6 represent horizontalsections showing the damper and its supports.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in theseveral figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a cook-stove embodyingmyinvention,the same having a collar-plate B, flue-strips O and C,damper D, a top oven-plate E, front ovenplate F, and fire-plate G. Thecollar-plate B 1s formed with openings H, whereby it may be bolted tothe ears Jon the top of the stove. The flne-strips are retained inposition by the lugs K on the stove-body. The damper D has one of itsjournals L fitted in the opening M of the flue-strip O, and the otherjour: nal N passes through the open slot P of the flue-strip O and hasits bearings in the wall Q of the stove, it being noticed that, owing tosaid open slot P, the flue-strip C may be raised clear of the journal Nwhen removal of said strip is desired.

The top oven-plate E is formed in sections, which are connected byscrews or bolts B, it being noticed that said plate is supported on lugsor flanges S on the. stove-body, the rear end of said plate E beinggrooved, as at T, and resting upon the top of the rear ovenplate U. Thefront oven-plate F rests on the Montgomery, and.

bottom'wall V of the stove and is fitted between lugs or flanges W andhas at its upper end the shoulder Y, on which is supported the front endof the top oven-plate.

The fire-plate G rests upon the wall V and against the oven-plate F andhas at its upper end a flange Z, which embraces the upper edge of thefront of the top oven-plate E, it being noticed that said end isretained between the fiange Z and shoulder Y. The wall V is formed witha shoulder V, which prevents forward motion of the lower end of thefire-plate, and consequently of the frontovenplate.

The fire-brickrests against the plate G, as shown in dotted lines, Fig.2.

When it is desired todisintegrate the interior of the stove, thecollar-plate B is removed, after which the flue-strip O is withdrawn andthe damper manipulated so as to withdraw the journal L from theflue-strip O and the journal N fromthe plate Q. (See Fig. 5.) Thefire-brick and the fire-plate are now withdrawn and the top oven-plateseparated and its sections removed, leaving the front ovenplate Faccessible, so that it may also be removed. The rear oven-"plate U mayalsobe removed, if desired, it being noticed that the interior of thestove has been disintegrated Without loosening the rods, disturbing theposition of thestove, or taking it off its feet.

It is evident that the invention is equally applicable to ranges.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cook stove or range, a removable collar-plate, in combinationwith removable flue-strips and damper, a removable fire-plate, andremovable top and front oven-plates, substantially as described.

2. In a cook-stove, a stove-body with lugs on its inner side, asectional top oven-plate resting on said lugs and having groovesat itsrear end receiving the top of the rear ovenplate, said parts beingcombined substantially as described.

3. In a cook-stove, an oven having a bottom plate with flanges, asectional top plate with a groove on one end, a rear plate with topfitting in said groove, and a plate restingon the bottom wall of thestove and having a shoulder on its upper end supporting one end of thetop plate, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4:. In a stove, a fire-plate resting on a wall of an oven-plate andhaving a flange at its upper end embracing an end of the top wall of theoven, said fire-plate having its lower end on thebottom wall of thestove, said bottom wall having a flange bearing against the 10 loweredge of said fire-plate, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed.

WILLIAM L. MCDOWELL. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS.

